The Corrupt (1963)
"Symphonie pour un massacre" (original title)

Director:

Jacques Deray

Writers:

Jacques Deray, José Giovanni,

Stars:

Michel Auclair, Claude Dauphin, José Giovanni

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview:
Michel Auclair	...	Clavet
Claude Dauphin	...	Valoti
José Giovanni	...	Moreau
Charles Vanel	...	Paoli
Jean Rochefort	...	Jabeke
Michèle Mercier	...	Madeleine Clavet
Daniela Rocca	...	Hélène Valoti

Storyline

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

France Italy

Language:

French

Release Date:

27 May 1965 (USA)

Also Known As:

Symphony for a Massacre

Company Credits

Production Co:

Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique (CICC), PECF, Dear Film Produzione

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

User Reviews

A very entertaining french thriller

I waited for this film since many years, now. And at last I got it. I read the novel when I was a kid and since...Directed by the very efficient Jacques Deray, it is a very hard to catch film. Deray made RIFIFI IN TOKYO, starring Charles Vanel too, and this last one is more easy to watch.

Concerning SYMPHONY...it's the story of gangsters, smuggling drug dealers who try to cheat, steal each other. Actually only one among them is a kind of traitor, who tries to keep a suit case full of money. So he has to kill his accomplices. But everything doesn't go as he plans.

Very paced triller, with also an unexpected ending.

Jean Rochefort is here a powerful villain character, as we saw not so often with him.